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Re:Bloomberg chief editor: We publish too many mediocre and ... by xster on Friday July 17, 2020 @01:27PM (#23873056)
I mean I don't know what else to say besides the fact that Bloomberg itself deserves all the blame for having a reporter compensation scheme that rewards article's that "move the market".

https://www.businessinsider.com/bloomberg-reporters-compensa...

It's like a fire chief coming out and saying I don't like the state of our neighbourhood after implementing firefighter pay per size of the fire.

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Re:Bloomberg chief editor: We publish too many mediocre and ... by smabie on Friday July 17, 2020 @01:45PM (#23873300)
What does that have to do with long articles? Are you suggesting long articles move the market more?

Personally, I don't think paying journalists bonuses based on market moves a bad idea. Sure, there's sometimes misaligned incentives, but you could say the same about any compensation scheme.

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Re:Bloomberg chief editor: We publish too many mediocre and ... by xster on Friday July 17, 2020 @06:18PM (#23876640)
Neither the OP or the grandparent or my post had anything to do with long article's. The original premise is mediocre articles.
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Re:Bloomberg chief editor: We publish too many mediocre and ... by smabie on Friday July 17, 2020 @08:32PM (#23877765)
Yeah but the TFA was mostly about long articles.
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